Over 20 Minister Champions Call for Urgent Action in Lead-up to Energy Summit

New York, 10 March—Over twenty ministerial-level “Global Champions” from UN Member States have issued messages today calling for urgent action to achieve affordable, clean energy for all by 2030. The

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Mr. Japeth Magomere, President ICA Africa

Mr. George Ototo, Managing Director KUSCCO Kenya

Mr. Stanley Ongeti, Consultant UNDESA

Mr. Vincent Marangu, Director Kenya Cooperative Bank

Dr. Chiyoge Sifa, Consultant UNDESA

Ms. Monica Canafoglia, UNCITRAL

Prof. Dr. Jean Bosco Harelimana, DG Rwanda Cooperative Agency

Mr. Jeremy Kamau, Associate Director Equity Bank

Mr. Amson Sibanda, Chief, NSCBB, DSDG-DESA

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Mr. Richard Ipero, Director of Strategy and Planning, MSEA

SDG Global Festival of Action

The fifth SDG Global Festival of Action, powered by the UN SDG Action Campaign, finds new ways to inspire, mobilize and connect people and organizations to take action on the SDGs. In light of the pan

Integrated Sustainable Energy Packages: Clean Cooling, Energy Storage and Sustainable Renewables Ris

The World Bank

Changing Course? The Arab region’s SDG progress and COVID-19

ESCWA ESCWA’s side event will focus on key entry points for SDG action and acceleration in the Arab region in the context of COVID-19, based on findings of the Arab Sustainable Development Report. It

Accelerating good governance and Indigenous autonomy for transformative partnership and action: less

Australia in collaboration with Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP), International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs, FAO Indigenous Peoples Unit, OHCHR Regional Office for South-East Asia (TBC)

A youth-led talkshow: Working towards economic inclusion in the decade of action

Organizer: UN Youth Delegates from Belgium in collaboration with: UN Youth Delegates from Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Latvia, Kenya and UNMGCY

Translating policy into action. The Global Programme for the Implementation of the Doha Declaration’

Permanent Mission of El Salvador Co-organizers: State of Qatar, UNODC This event will showcase national, regional and international achievements through a lens focused on the beneficiaries reached

Mountains and the decade of action and delivery

Organizer: The Government of Malawi Co-organizers: the Mountain Partnership, the Government of Argentina, the Government of Italy and the Government of Switzerland

Preserving, and continuing, global progress on poverty: Responding to the COVID-19 crisis

Government of Canada Eradicating poverty in all its forms remains one of humanity’s greatest challenges. Poverty forces individuals to make difficult choices, such as between paying the rent and fe

Innovative approaches to spur action and delivery on the 2030 Agenda: lessons from the regions

Following the VNR Lab held in the margins of the 2019 HLPF, the 2020 Lab will continue to build on lessons emanating from VNR preparation processes in the regions, with a focus on identifying innovati

Engaging social groups in the VNR process – A case study of persons with disabilities and indigenous

The principles in the 2030 Agenda to guide the follow-up and review processes state that “they will be open, inclusive, participatory and transparent for all people and will support the reporting by a

VNR Lab: Analyzing VNRs – What did we learn so far?

The United Nations Committee for Development Policy has analyzed VNRs since 2017. Among other findings, it noted that very few VNRs describe adequate strategies for implementing Leave No One Behind (L

Harnessing energy transformation for a sustainable recovery

Following the release of the report of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) The Post-COVID Recovery: An agenda for resilience, development and equality, this side-event will examine the c

Education and the Trying Times of COVID-19

Organizers: Education Above All in collaboration with The State Of Qatar and Qatar Fund for Development The severity of the global financial situation will serve as the background for this event,

Decade of Action: Intergenerational and Multi STAKEHOLDER Incidence to Achieve the SDGs in an era of

The current pandemic of the COVID 19 has presented a new set of challenges for the global community that exacerbates the different problematic and existing inequalities. The beginning of the Decade of

Mitigating Disaster Risks In A COVID Era: Faith Based Perspectives

Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation (Lead organizer) together with invited speakers from the Permanent Mission of Thailand, UNDRR, UNAOC, UNFAO, and ACT Alliance

Island Resilience Forum (CANCELLED)

EVENT CANCELLED March For Science sponsored by Kingdom of Tonga co-organized with Island Resilience Partnership, GLISPA, PVBLIC Foundation and EarthX

From global to local- Using legal advocacy pathways to accelerate SDG 5.3 at the national level

Equality Now - Main Organizer State Department of Gender - Government of Kenya, Anti Female Genital Mutilation Board - Kenya : co-organizers